#1Science & Medicine
Charles Doolittle Walcott
1850–1927American paleontologist and 4th Secretary of the Smithsonian
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Famous people · New York Mills
5 famous people come from New York Mills, Charles Doolittle Walcott the best known
Best known of all is Charles Doolittle Walcott, written about in 30 languages. Frederic C. Walcott, the American politician, comes second, with Ed Furgol third. More than half were born in the age of mills and railroads, 3 in all. For every 10,000 residents there are 13 on the list, well above the typical New York town’s 3.9.
Born here
5
notable people
Best known
Charles Doolittle Walcott
in 30 Wikipedia languages
First
1831
Lewis A. Brigham
Youngest
1917
Ed Furgol
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in New York Mills
By how many languages cover them, Charles Doolittle Walcott comes first (30), then Frederic C. Walcott (8) and Ed Furgol (7).
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Through the years
When New York Mills’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1910s, at 2.
Politics & LawSportsScience & Medicine
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Known for
What New York Mills is known for
Politics & Law leads the fields, with 2 people.
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Everyone else born in New York Mills
A further 2 follow, born between 1831 and 1916.
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Close by, the fullest list is New Hartford’s, at 14 names.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is New York Mills and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (4)
- Charles Doolittle Walcott: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederic C. Walcott: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Bonamassa: Florian Stangl from Bayern, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julian E. Levi: Max Yavno, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons